Tutanota,
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Telegram leaks your IP address to anyone in your contacts during a call. And a researcher has created a tool to easily exploit this.

#Telegram says this is expected behavior, so there's nothing to fix or change.

That's why our top WhatsApp alternatives are #Signal and #Threema: https://tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-alternatives-privacy

More on this story: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/19/telegram-is-still-leaking-user-ip-addresses-to-contacts/

aWildThorp,
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@Tutanota This is kind of clickbait. A less manipulative headline would qualify that it leaks the IP to the recipient of the call and that this is due to the VoIP protocol being peer to peer.

I won't argue that Signal is a more secure app, but Peer to Peer calling is not a security vulnerability. Many security focused people would consider peer to peer VoIP desirable. Especially since the alternative is the calls going through Telegram's servers

vibudanimsara,
@vibudanimsara@mastodon.social avatar

@Tutanota If someone doesn't like peer to peer calls, they can change it to go through the server in Telegram settings.

angdraug,
@angdraug@mastodon.social avatar

@Tutanota Signal CEO recently explained what Signal does to protect its users from this, and how much it costs them: https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/

Use Signal, and if you do, buy a subscription. Don't leave it dependent on the good will of one billionaire.

celinho,
@celinho@mastodon.social avatar

@Tutanota Durov should fix this. just wait.

madved,

@Tutanota Telegram передает ваш IP-адрес кому-либо из ваших контактов во время разговора. И исследователь создал инструмент, позволяющий легко воспользоваться этим.

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